Missouri’s State Department of Economic Development says Missouri will see $542 million each year for the next several years from the biofuels industry in the state.
From a press release on Governor Matt Blunt’s web site:
“The production of renewable fuels is one of Missouri agriculture’s greatest success stories,” Blunt said. “In the same way that Missouri’s family farmers rose to a great challenge and fed the world in the last century, this century’s family farmers will answer another noble calling and fuel America. This study shows that renewable fuels will not only help reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but also create jobs and economic growth.”
According to the report from the Missouri Economic Research & Information Center (MERIC), ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels create 7,000 jobs for Missouri workers each year.
There are four ethanol plants operating in Missouri… in Craig, Macon, Malta Bend and Laddonia… and there are three biodiesel plants… in Bethel, Bunceton and Mexico. Several more ethanol and biodiesel plants are in the works.
Blunt has called for full funding for the biodiesel and ethanol incentive funds and has proposed another $5 million to make up for payments to the ethanol fund not honored before he took office.
“Most companies go to New York in order to do this type of ceremony,” said US BioEnergy CEO Gordon Ommen. “Since we are a midwest company, really founded on the American farmer and those relationships, we thought we’d have New York come to rural America and meet us on our ground.”
US BioEnergy is the largest “pure play” ethanol producer in the country. “The largest producer of ethanol in the U.S. is ADM,” said Ommen. “We are the second largest producer of ethanol and the largest ‘pure play’ producer, which means ethanol is our primary product.”
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NBB Chairman Darryl Brinkmann took to the stage today at the National Biodiesel Conference and gave us a great overview of what the organization is doing. He mentioned that the word biodiesel is now in the dictionary for the first time. You can learn a lot about what NBB is doing, especially in the area of quality control. Darryl talks about the growth of the BQ-9000 program.
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